Loose-powder container



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LOOSE POWDER CONTAINER Filed Sept. 4, 1928 EME-"EDP Patented Sept. 9, 1930 PATENT OFFICE JAMES LESLIE-YGUNQ-i SBAND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS LOOSE-OVIDER CGHTAINER y Application filed September Il, 1928.

`This invention relates toav container for loose cosmetc powder'.

An object of the invention to provide a ycontainer or compact for loose powder luv-fing a flanged opening to the powder .nnpartment wherein the powder puff or applica-torforms a closure for the powder compartment. Y

Another objectl of the invention is to provide loose powder container havin g a double flange member in which one of the flanges serves as the top of the powder compartment .andV the other as a shoulder for retaining the applicator in position to close the openingto the. powder container.

A further object is to provide a loose powder container having a flanged opening, the member forming the flange consisting oli a double flange structure formed from a single piece of sheet metal, with one of the flanges serving asia part of the powder compa ment and defining an opening thereto an( the other flange cooperating with the first vfor retaining the applicator in position to close the opening.

A further object is to provide a double flange member for loose powder'containers which is economical to manufacture and efficient in use.

The above, other and further objects of the invention will be apparent from the followingv description, accompanying crawings and appended claims.

According to the invention. a loose powder container has a receptacle for loose powder. with a flanged opening therefor, which flan ge is formed for a single sheet of metal into substantially U-shape in cross section. with the flanges directed inwardly and snbstantially parallel, the inner openings of the flanges permitting access to the powder, anc an applicator retained between the tw flanges.

Gne form of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying` drawings and the views thereof are as follows:

Figure l is a front elevational view of a container having a hinged top and embody ing the invention. f

Serial No. 303,636.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the container wide open for use.

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical section through the powder receptacle.

The container illustrated comprises a bottom member l and a top member 2 which in the present instance are shown as hinged at I do not wish to be limited to thehinged construction of the members l and 2 as containers or compacts may be made with these two parts separate.

The bottom or receptacle l may be made of metal, balrelite7 ivory, or any other suit able material, and as illustrated comprises a dished bottom l with a marginal. circular wall 5 integral with the bottom. The upper portion of the marginal wall 5 is shouldered as at 6 to receive the margin of the top member 2 when closed.

A flange is frictionally retained within the wall 5 of the receptacle and comprises a lower flange 7, an upper flange il and a common peripheral wall 9, the flanges and wall being made from a single sheet or strip of metal. The lower flange 7 defines acentral opening l0 which is the opening to the powder compartrnent ll. The upper flange 8 has a central opening somewhat larger in diameter than the opening l0 in the lower flange.

in applicator' 'l2 is retained between the flanges 7 and 8 to close the opening' l() and thus prevents spillage of the powder from the receptacle. The diameter of the applicator l2 is larger than the diameter of the upper flange 8 so that a slight spring action takes place when tlieapplicator .is applied to or removed from the position shown in the drawings.

The applicator l2 has the usual handle 13.

I have shown a perforated cover or sieve -let overlying the powder opening l0. The applicator l2 rests on this sieve when the sameV is used, though the use of the sieve is optional.

The flange member is frictionally retained within the wall 5 of the receptacle near the top thereof so as to provide a powder compartment of maximum capacity. K

The top 2 has a mirror 15 retainedtherein by a flange 16.. A projection 17 is formed on the top 2 for an aid in opening said top. It will be observed that the applicator l2 is retained in position to prevent escape of the owder even when the top 2 is removed by Being retained between the flanges 7 and 8. The shape of the receptacle may, of course, be varied beyond that shown and described,

Yin which' event the flange member' would be made to correspond to the contonr of the receptacle.

VVhile I have described more or less precisely'the details of construction of my invention, yet I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto as I am aware that changes may be madein the arrangementand proportion ofparts land that equivalents may be substituted, all without ydeparting from the spirit and scopeof my invention.

I claim as my invention:

l. A container for loose powder comprising position, and an applicator retainedbetween said flanges by springaction. Y

VEZ. A container for loose powderrcompris- 'ing top and bottom members, one of said membersfa'rrangedto receive thepowder and the other of said members arrangedto carry l a mirror, a circular member having parallel spacedinwardly directed flanges frictionally engaging the wall ofl said powder receiving member to form Ytherewith a powderv conipartmentjone of said flanges being wider than the other and being disposed below said other when in position, an applicator' retained between said flanges by springv action, and a sieve supported on said lower flange overlying the opening` through lthe same and underlyingsaid applicator.-

3. Acontainer for loosepowder comprising top'and bottom members, oneof said members comprising a receptacle to'receive powder, a circular member substantially -U- shaped in section. with the flanges or" different widths' and horizontally disposed in said receptacle for providing therewith a powder compartment liavingl a central opening. saitL member beingv frictionally retained within said receptacle, the diameter of the central opening of the lower flange being less kthan the diameter of the central opening of the upper flange, and anfapplicator engaging underneath said ripper flange and held thereby against the openinfr in the other flange to close the saine. K

4.' A' container for loose powdepgompsing top and bottom members, one of said members comprising` a vreceptacleto 'receive loose powder, a. circular flange member formed from a single sheet of metal byy bending the same into substantially U-shape and made with the flanges substantially parallel and horizontally disposed, the peripheraly portion frictionally engaging the receptacle wall and forming a powder compartment therewith and definino an o eninfrto said compartment, and an applicator retained between said flanges for closing said opening.

5. container comprising a receptacle, and

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a member comprising a portion engaging the Y inner wall of the receptacle and terminating in spaced parallel inwardly extending flanges defining the opening int-o said receptacle'and a materiall compartment therein withthe opening defined by the upper flange of greater size than the opening defined "by- Va lower flange. d y A 6. A container comprising an, receptacle, a member comprising a portion engagingtlie inner wall of the receptacle, andterminating in spaced inwardly extending flanges,'the upper flange of which 'definesal larger'fopening into the receptaclethan that defnedfby ,the lower into the materialcon'ipartment in Vsaid receptacle.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto snb- Y scribed my name at'Chicago, 'Cook'County, Illinois. y y JAMES- LESLIE YOUNGHUSBAND.,

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